SF Signal Welcomes Rob Bedford!

Because this is how we get our kicks, we asked Rob to describe himself in the third person. Here’s what he said:

Rob Bedford is the Lead Book reviewer for SFFWorld, where he is also a Moderator in their discussion forums. In addition to over a decade’s worth of reviews at SFFWorld, his reviews have also appeared in the San Francisco/Sacramento Book review and Tor.com. He is currently curating the Orphan Black Rewatch at Tor.com. His blog is robbedford.blogspot.com and he can be found on twitter @RobHBedford. When his head isn’t in a book or writing about books, Rob writes fiction, runs, bowls, enjoys watching hockey, and is a beer snob. Rob is a lifelong resident of New Jersey the great Garden State, where he lives with his accommodating* wife (whom he met in a Science Fiction Literature course at Rutgers University) and their dog. [*She puts up with various stacks of read and unread books, thousands of comic books, and hauls his ass to local beer festivals, so yeah, he’s a pretty lucky guy.]

Welcome to the team, Rob! We’re happy to bring you on board. New Jersey doesn’t have bagels *quite* as good as New York…but they’re way better than what we get here in Texas. I’m not saying I endorse bribery, but this is a piece of trivia you could use to your advantage. And by “your advantage” I mean “my advantage” when you send me bagels. 😀

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